Politics
California lawmakers vote to change childhood sex abuse law
The 2019 law resulted in billions of dollars in payouts from local governments.
Don’t look now, but suddenly the U.S. Senate is in play
The four-seat gain Democrats need to win control once seemed all but out of reach. Odds are looking up, though the party still faces a tough path, with toss-up races in a half dozen (mostly red) states.
Gov. Newsom backs off from shameful gambit, and it’s a victory for California coast
As legislative session closed, Newsom pushed environmental break for donor.
California lawmakers reach deal in high-stakes fight over regulating data centers
After weeks of intense negotiation, state lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise on legislation to regulate energy use by California’s growing data center industry, action triggered by community anger over the facilities and fears of high utility bills in some communities.
A Communist magazine debates a DSA endorsement of Nithya Raman
Contributors to Geese Magazine, billed as a “daily review of American Communism,” have gone back and forth over whether Democratic Socialists of America should endorse Raman for L.A. mayor.
California’s new attempt to help struggling newsrooms faces key test
The bill will require approval from two-thirds of the Legislature in the coming days in order to make it to Gov. Newsom’s desk.
Racist ‘Magic Deportation Bus’ isn’t the way for Trump to keep Latino voters
If the GOP wants any chance of holding on to Congress in the midterms and winning other key races, they need to get down on their hands and knees and beg Latinos for forgiveness,
Two of California’s top law enforcement leaders trade barbs over state election integrity
Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, and California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta have engaged in a public and personal online spat this week.
L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman changed his mind. Is that such a bad thing?
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman reversed his decision to pursue felony charges against an LAPD officer who secretly recorded his colleagues making racist and misogynistic remarks.
California lawmakers reach deal to tweak childhood sex abuse law — but rebuff damage caps
State legislators said Thursday that they plan to make “modest” changes to a controversial law that extended the statute of limitations for lawsuits over sexual abuse, resulting in billions of dollars in payouts from local governments.